A RARE ARCHAIC INSCRIBED BRONZE VESSEL, GUI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
A RARE ARCHAIC INSCRIBED BRONZE VESSEL, GUI EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC The compressed globular body is flanked by a pair of C-shaped handles issuing from rams' heads, and is decorated below the everted rim with a band of taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground which is centred on each side with an animal-mask cast in relief. The splayed foot is cast with a further band of taotie masks. The interior is cast with an inscription, X X Zuo Fu Ding Bao Gui , 'X X made this treasured Gui for Fu Ding'. 11 in. (28 cm.) across handles
A RARE ARCHAIC INSCRIBED BRONZE VESSEL, GUI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
A RARE ARCHAIC INSCRIBED BRONZE VESSEL, GUI EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC The compressed globular body is flanked by a pair of C-shaped handles issuing from rams' heads, and is decorated below the everted rim with a band of taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground which is centred on each side with an animal-mask cast in relief. The splayed foot is cast with a further band of taotie masks. The interior is cast with an inscription, X X Zuo Fu Ding Bao Gui , 'X X made this treasured Gui for Fu Ding'. 11 in. (28 cm.) across handles
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